Table Of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Making Decisions About Competitive Programs for Gifted Students
• How to Use This Book
• Characteristics of Good Competitions
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• 1. Selecting, Preparing for, and Participating in Competitions
• Selected Characteristics and Needs of Gifted and Talented Students
• How They Influence Contest Participation
• Effects of Competition: Good News
• Effects of Competition: Bad News
• How to Anticipate and Avoid Problems in the Use of Competitions
• How to Maximize Benefits From Competitions
• References
• 2. Competition Descriptions
• AAA High School Travel Challenge
• AATSP Elementary/Middle School Poster Contest
• Academic Decathlon
• Academic Games Leagues of America National Tournament
• Academic Triathlon
• Achievement Awards in Writing
• All-USA High School Academic Team Competition
• Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
• Amateur Poetry Contest
• American Computer Science League
• American Enterprise Speech Contest
• American History Essay Contest
• American Invitational Mathematics Exam
• American Mathematics Competitions
• American Mathematics Contest 8
• American Regions Mathematics League
• American Scholastics Mathematics Competition
• American Society of Newspaper Editors, Quill and Scroll International Writing, Photo Contest
• American Veterans (AMVETS) Americanism Program
• Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest
• Arts Recognition and Talent Search
• Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) Student Publishing Awards
• Ayn Rand Essay Contest
• Baker’s Plays High School Playwriting Contest
• BEST Robotics Competition
• Biz Plan Competition
• Botball Robotics
• Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge
• Cane Writing Contest
• Chemistry Olympiad
• Christopher Columbus Awards
• Civic Education Project – Civic Week
• Clarke-Bradbury Science Fiction Competition
• Classical Association of New England
• Community Innovation
• Concord Review Emerson Prize
• Continental Mathematics League
• Creative Writing Essay Contest
• Cricket League Contest
• Destination Imagination
• Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
• Doors to Diplomacy
• DuPont Challenge Science Essay Awards Program
• Duracell/NSTA Scholarship Competition
• eCybermission
• Edventures Robotics Contest
• EngineerGirl Essay Contest
• (Toshiba NSTA)/ExploraVision Awards Program
• Federal Reserve Bank FED CHALLENGE
• Federal Reserve Bank Student Essay Contest
• Fire Fighting Robot Contest
• First Middle-Grade Novel Contest
• FIRST Robotics Competition
• First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics
• First Young Adult Novel
• Foundations for Life National Essay Program & Contest
• Frazier Institute Student Essay Contest
• Freedom Foundation National Awards Program
• Future City Competition
• Future Problem Solving Program
• George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest
• Harry Singer Foundation Essay Contests
• Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament
• High School Communications Competition
• “Idea of America” Essay Contest
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
• Intel Science Talent Search
• International Brain Bee
• International Mathematics Olympiad
• International Student Media Festival
• Invent America!
• Invitational Mathematics Examination
• Jane Austen Society of North America’s Essay Contest
• Japan Bowl
• JFK Profiles in courage Essay Contest
• Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest
• Junior Engineering Technical Society, Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science
• Junior Science and Humanities Symposia
• Kids Are Authors
• Kids Can Write Contest
• Kids Philosophy Slam
• KidsBookshelf Contests
• Knowledge Master Open (KMO)
• Laws of Life Essay Contest
• League of American Poets Free Poetry Contest
• Let’s Get Real
• Letters about Literature Competition
• Mandelbrot Competition
• Manningham Student Poetry Awards
• MATHCOUNTS
• Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools
• Math Leagues
• Medusa Mythology Exam
• Merlyn's Pen Literary Magazine Contest and Critique
• Modern Woodmen of America School Speech
• NAACP ACT-SO
• NASA Space Settlement Contest
• National Achievement® Scholarship Program
• National African American History Academic Challenge Bowl
• National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair
• National Beta Club Convention
• National Biblical Greek Exam
• National Canon Envirothon
• National Catholic Forensic League Grand National Speech and Debate Tournament
• National Council on Economic Education and Goldman Sachs Foundation Economics Challenge
• National Consumers League: LifeSmarts
• National Engineering Design Challenge (JWOD/JETS)
• National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest
• National Forensic League, National Tournament
• National French Contest, Le Grand Concours
• National Geography Bee
• National German Test
• National Greek Exam
• National High School Oratorical Contest
• National High School Student Solar Design Contest
• National History Day
• National Latin Exam
• National Mythology Exam
• National Peace Essay Contest
• National Portuguese Exam
• National Schools Project Poetry Contest
• National Science Bowl®
• National Science Decathlon
• National Science Olympiad
• National Spanish Exam
• National Vocabulary Championship
• National Women’s Hall of Fame Essay and New Media Contest
• National Young Astronomer Award
• Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Ohio State University Press The Journal Award in Poetry
• Olympiad of Spoken Russian
• Panasonic Academic Challenge
• Physics Bowl
• President’s Environmental Youth Awards
• Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines
• Promising Young Writers
• Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
• Quill and Scroll Society, International Writing, Photo Contest
• Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
• Science Olympiad
• Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee
• Sea World/Busch Gardens/Fujifilm Environmental Excellence Awards
• Shanghai American School's NAQT Asian Championship
• Siemens Foundation Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
• Society of Professional Journalists High School Essay Contest
• Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest
• Thespian Playworks
• ThinkQuest
• National Society of Black Engineers TRY-MATH-A-LON Competition
• U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad
• USA Biology Olympiad (USABO)
• USA Computing Olympiad
• USA Mathematical Olympiad
• USA Mathematical Talent Search
• UNA-USA National High School Essay Contest
• Vegetarian Resource Group Essay
• Veteran’s of Foreign Wars of the United States’ Patriot’s Pen
• Veterans of Foreign Wars, Voice of Democracy Program
• VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program
• Weekly Mathematics Contest
• Weekly Reader’s “What’s Your Story” Student Publishing Awards
• West Point Bridge Design Contest
• WordMasters Challenge
• Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Contest
• Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Program
• Young Naturalist Awards
• Young Playwrights Festival
• Web Sites for Finding Other Competitions
• Index of Competitions by Title
• Index of Competitions by Subject Area and Level